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Find information about the role of Local Research Ethics Committees (LRECs) at UCL, including details of approved LRECs and how to apply for LREC approval.
To support our work to reform research ethics at UCL, the Research Innovation and Global Engagement Committee (RIGEC) has approved a new governance structure.
From April 2024 a new LREC Chairs group will be established for the 24 Local Research Ethics Committees (LRECs) operating in faculties and departments, to facilitate the sharing of best practice and developing consistent approaches to emerging ethical issues
To apply for LREC approval please contact ethics@ucl.ac.uk.
Approved LRECs by Faculty
Arts and Humanities
- Faculty of Arts and Humanities LREC
- Chair: Andrew Flinn (a.flinn@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator: Hannah Tipple (h.tipple@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information: Arts and Humanities Faculty LREC SharePoint site (access to A&H/SHS Joint Faculties SharePoint required)
- School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) LREC
- Chair: Anne White (anne.white@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information: Information for applicants is included on the BA and MA dissertation Moodle pages and in the SSEES Almanac (for lecturers and PhD students)
The Bartlett
- Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) LREC
- Chair: Jon Reades (j.reades@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information: CASA LREC Moodle Course: CASA0004/0010/0012: Dissertation (21/22), Topic: Assessment (ucl.ac.uk)
- Development Planning Unit LREC
- Chairs: Julio Davila (j.davila@ucl.ac.uk) and Le-Yin Zhang (le-yin.zhang@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator: Michael Casey-Gillman (m.casey-gillman@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information: Development Planning Unit website
- Institute for Global Prosperity LREC
- Chair: Sertac Sehlikoglu (s.sehlikoglu@ucl.ac.uk)
- Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) LREC
- Chair: Carolina Alves (carolina.alves@ucl.ac.uk)
- School of Planning LREC
- Chair: Lauren Andres (l.andres@ucl.ac.uk)
- Sustainable Construction LREC
- Chair: Qiuchen (Vivi) Lu (qiuchen.lu@ucl.ac.uk)
- Deputy Chair: Dr Efrosyni Konstantinou (efrosyni.konstantinou@ucl.ac.uk)
Brain Sciences
- Division of Psychology and Language Sciences (PaLS) LREC
- Chair: Adam Harris (adam.harris@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information: PaLS LREC webpage
The PaLS LREC reviews and approves low risk ethics applications for research with adult participants (18+) submitted by UCL staff PIs or postdoctoral researchers. All other applications should be submitted to the UCL Research Ethics Service for review.
Engineering
- Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE) LREC
- Chairs: Nicola Christie (nicola.christie@ucl.ac.uk) and Claire Ellul (c.ellul@ucl.ac.uk)
- Computer Science LREC
- Please send applications for review and related queries to cs.rec@ucl.ac.uk rather that to Chairs' email addresses.
- Chairs: Nicolas Gold (n.gold@ucl.ac.uk) and Caroline Wardle (c.wardle@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information: Computer Sciences LREC website (accessible via Computer Science network or CS VPN only)
- School of Management LREC
- Chair: Sarah Harvey (sarah.r.harvey@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator: Amy Evison (amy.evison@ucl.ac.uk)
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP) LREC
- Chair: Sarah Edwards (sarah.edwards@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator: steapp.ethics@ucl.ac.uk
- Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (MPBE) LREC
- Chair: Dominique Drai (d.drai@ucl.ac.uk)
- Co-Chair: Yipeng Hu (yipeng.hu@ucl.ac.uk)
Applications for review by this LREC should be send to the email address medphys.ethics@ucl.ac.uk (not to chair and co-chair individual addresses)
Institute of Education (IOE)
- IOE LREC
- Chair: Nicole Brown (nicole.brown@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator: Nishita Nair, Research Ethics Officer (ioe.researchethics@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information: IOE LREC website
Laws
- Faculty of Laws LREC
- Chair: Cheryl Thomas (cheryl.thomas@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator: Laws Research Office Manager (laws.research@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information: Laws Faculty LREC website
Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MAPS)
- Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) LREC
- Chair: Lisa Danquah (l.danquah@ucl.ac.uk)
The IRDR LREC reviews and approves low risk ethics applications for undergraduate and master’s research. PhD applications should be submitted to the UCL Research Ethics Service for review.
Population Health Sciences (FPHS)
- Institute of Health Informatics LREC
- Chair: Paul Taylor (p.taylor@ucl.ac.uk)
- Co-Chair: Johan Thygesen (j.thygesen@ucl.ac.uk)
- Institute for Women's Health LREC
- Interim Chair: Daniel Reisel (d.reisel@ucl.ac.uk) (Zeynep Gurtin on maternity leave)
- Deputy Chair: Jane Currie (jane.currie@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator: Sarah Kim (sarah.kim@ucl.ac.uk)
Social and Historical Sciences (SHS)
- Anthropology LREC
- Chair: Marie-Annick Moreau (marie-annick.moreau@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator: Emily Woodhouse (e.woodhouse@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information: UCL Anthropology Staff and Student Ethics and Risk Approval: Requirements for Conducting Research Moodle course
- SHS LREC (Economics, Geography, History of Art, Institute of Americas, and Institute of Advanced Studies)
- Chair: Sue Hamilton (s.hamilton@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator: Dr Miriam Hay, SHS Research Governance Officer (miriam.hay@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information: Social and Historical Sciences Faculty LREC SharePoint site
- History LREC
- Chair: Michael Collins (michael.collins@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator: Oana Borlea-Stancioi (o.borlea@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information: History LREC website
- Institute of Archaeology LREC
- Chair: Julia Shaw (julia.shaw@ucl.ac.uk)
- Deputy Chair: Rachael Sparks (r.sparks@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information: Institute of Archaeology LREC website
- Political Science LREC (Social and Historical Sciences)
- Chair: Rod Abouharb (m.abouharb@ucl.ac.uk)
- Co-Chairs: Rebecca Kerr (rebecca.kerr@ucl.ac.uk), Maria Papageorgiou (m.papagergiou@ucl.ac.uk)